Fair Exhibit Reflects Return of Farm Prosperity
D M Vickery reports at Bureau County Fair Princeton that major firms John Deere and International Harvester will exhibit farm implements for the first postwar fair since 1918. He predicts the largest exhibit ever as farmers recover from wartime slump and renewed demand for binders reapers and harvesting gear.
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D. M. Vickery
Princeton
John Deere Company
International Harvester Company
Bureau County
Illinois
Bureau County Fair
Vickery
Bank Hold Up at Braceville Nets $2000 in Loot
Four gunmen robbed the People's bank in Braceville last Wednesday afternoon taking $2000 in currency. They arrived by auto, forced cashier George Barton into the safe, then locked him in the vault before escaping toward Gardner. Sheriff Mack organized a posse but found no trace.
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Braceville
People’s Bank
George Barton
Mr. Barton
Barton
Gardner
Mack
Morris
Ticket Fares to Chicago via Joliet Electric Railway
Fare information lists trip to Chicago Illinois via Joliet Illinois and Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway with a total of 93.04 dollars. Details appear in a transportation listing or travel notice from the period.
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Chicago
Ili
Joliet, Ill
Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
Funeral for 15-year-old Miss Loelda Solomon held at Princeton
The Seatonville funeral for Loelda Solomon, 15, was at her uncle Geo Solomon's home in Princeton. She died after a long illness, living with her aunt in Valley Junction Iowa. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Wm Goering and family. Activities nearby included an ice cream social by the Seatonville Ladies Aid and a town circus outing.
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Loelda Soloman
Geo. Soloman
Princeton
Oliver Soloman
Lottie Kellogg Soloman
Wm. Parson
Valley Junction
Iowa
Wm. Goering
Loelda
Arthur Myers
McKee Sr
Fred Strahlendorf
Loelda Solomon
Frederic Abrahams
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Seatonville Ladies Aid
Lyman Phelps
Selena Dremann
Michigan
Chicago
John Dornhoefer
Ferris
Citizens National Bank
Clark Hotel
Lyle Smith
Bloomington
Lukan’s Park
Local Social Roundup and Theatre Listings in Cherry
Nellie Templeton returns from Gillespie visit and neighbors host relatives from Spring Valley and La Moille. Buick accident with property damage. Theatre program features Judgments of the Storm and The Go Getters plus Desert Outlaw and other shorts. Attendance includes Easterly and Kin kin relatives from Spring Valley and outs of town.
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Nellie Templeton
Gillespie
Minnie Fenoglio
Spring Valley
Peter Seghi
Bennie
Peter Cavaletti
Ada Welsh
Mabel
Ella
la Moille
Vincent Coughlin
Gianone
Lucille Rickson
Myrtie Stedman
Geo. Hackathorne
Geo. O’hare
Buck Jones
van Biffer
Milton Sills
Viola Dana
Man _ Desires
Gene Wright
Panora la Croix
Ben Turpin
Hobart Bosworth
Wm. Desmond
Phantom Justice
Red la Roque
Estelle Taylor
Tom Wilson
John Dwyer
Thos. Guilfoyle
Arlington
Cherry
Jas. Dart
C. V. Dent
Gladys Frolich
Kinkin
Ada Welsch
Olive Ruppert
Peru
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown during our recent bereavement and for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Kinkin.
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Norbert Kinkin
Hygiene Pillars Against Typhoid in Daily Life
A health column urges thorough hand washing, cleaning of dishes and clothes, and exposure to sunlight to curb germs. It notes typhoid deaths fell from 2,000 annually in Illinois to 239 last year due to sanitarians, and warns modern mobility spreads germs to roadside wells and eateries, making individual education essential.
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Illinois
Picnic at Mitchells Grove For 25 Girls
About 25 girls attended a Sunday picnic at Mitchells Grove on July 26. They enjoyed races and games with Miss Bessie Donaldson winning the sack race and Miss Anna Kassul and Alba Marchando winning the three legged race. An orchestra entertained the campers impressed by all. The event was hosted by Mrs. Victoria Challenger and enjoyed by everyone.
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Mitchell’s Grove
Bessie Donaldson
Anna Kassul
Alba Marchando
Victoria Challenger
Peru Moose Plan New Three Story Lodge in Peru
The Peru Lodge of the Moose will build a three story clubhouse on Fourth Street near Putnam. They bought a 40 by 100 foot lot from the Weisenberger holdings with plans to start construction around April 1 next Spring. The ground floor will house a store while the upper floors serve as Moose headquarters, described as one of the finest structures in the Twin Cities.
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Fourth Street
Putnam
Peru
Peru Lodge of the
Moose
Weisenberger
Moose People
Peru Moose
Twin Cities
Chicken Bite Fatal After Wound From Poultry
Dewey S Morgan 71 of Streator died from blood poisoning that developed into lockjaw a few weeks after being bitten on the hand by a chicken. He refused to consider the injury at first and the wound seemed to heal before escalating. He died Friday night at St Marys hospital after infection set in and led to tetanus. Funeral held Monday from Presbyterian church. he was a former Arlington resident with many friends there.
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Dewey S .Morgan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Morgan
Presbyterian Church
Arlington
Passing of a gentleman noted in local columns
A local obituary note expresses condolences for a man who has died. It mentions his daughter Mrs Clark Graham who lives in Arlington and his wife.
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Clark Graham
Arlington
Washrag Tale Turns Mud Flip-Flop Into Trick
A crane protests a frog's muddy flip flop trick in a quirky anecdote from the riverbank. The animals spar over play and wit as the mud squelches underfoot.
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Llinois Valley Division
Spring Valley, Ill
Ladd
Princeton and
Ficeton
Joliet
la Salle
Ottawa
Grand Ridge
Streator
Seatonville
LUCEY
BROS
S. & H. Green
Lucey’s
Hocker All Ommers
Chrysler
F. O. B. Detroit
Superior
Detroit
Watson
Chrysler-Lockheed
Spartan
Duco
DE Filippi and
Leimback
Dakota Street
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